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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the fronts that occur when two air masses collide.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Alert

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the characteristics of storms, including the relationship of weather fronts and storms. Using simple materials, the students develop a model of a simple lightning detection system and analyze their model to determine its...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Backyard Weather Station

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this hands-on activity, students use their senses to describe what the weather is doing and to predict what it might do next. After gaining a basic understanding of weather patterns, students will become state park engineers and build...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Weather & Climate: Air Masses & Fronts

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of air masses and fronts. It describes the types of weather fronts, what an air mass is, and the four types of air masses in the US.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Weather Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia site tells all about weather fronts, or boundaries between two air masses with differing characteristics. Includes many hyperlinked terms to additional information on related subjects.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather Front Model Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, learners will observe that a change in the temperature of air will determine its place in the atmosphere. Water, which behaves very similarly to air, is used in this demonstration. It flows in fluid currents in a visual...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A List of All Weather Symbols and Their Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comprehensive list of weather symbols used on weather maps.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Analyze: Forecast the Weather

For Students 3rd - 5th
Choose a weather-related topic, view the map, then make your own weather forecast.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
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Other

American Meteorological Society: Data Streme Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an extensive amount of weather information. Includes current information, forecasting, and historic weather related events. Weather map symbols and terminology explained.
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Website
Oklahoma Mesonet

University of Oklahoma: Overview of Meteorology

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Oklahoma explores numerous types of weather and atmospheric changes, as well as the reasons behind them. Content details the four seasons, common meteorological variables, the vertical structure of the atmosphere, how...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stormy Skies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn that wind and storms can form at the boundaries of interacting high and low pressure air masses. They learn the distinguishing features of the four main types of weather fronts (warm fronts, cold fronts, stationary fronts...
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Article
Other

Met Office: Understanding Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about weather.
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Handout
USA Today

Usa Today Weather: Understanding Storms and Fronts

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses air pressure, fronts, and storm formation. Links on page to well-illustrated and animated additional information.
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Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Cold Front and Warm Front

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and understand the differences between a cold and a warm front.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Weather Maps

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides a lesson plan in which groups of students will each investigate a different type of weather map use for weather forecasting. Also includes discussion questions, extension ideas, and links to additional sites for more...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Exploring Weather One, Two, Three, Forecast!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will use weather data they collect to predict future weather. Included in this lesson are a weather forecasting recording sheet and an example of a student's completed work.
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Fronts

For Students 9th - 10th
With the study of weather we need to know that there is air mass like fronts that change weather. This site shows us the different kinds of fronts that we experience.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica Research Center: Describe Different Weather Patterns

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This module provides informational text about weather. Students will learn about precipitation and storm fronts. Students will also learn about different types of storms, including the following: hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos, diagrams, and other images related to weather.
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Website
University of Wisconsin

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Surface Weather Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the use of synoptic weather analysis in preparing weather maps and forecasting. Discusses the use of symbols as well.
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Website
Other

Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
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eBook
Other

Classzone: Weather Forecasters Use Advanced Technologies [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
An excerpt from an earth science textbook. The chapter shown here covers concepts about how weather data is collected, displayed and how meteorologists forecast fronts and storms.

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